Hair-tonic.



UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

OF ONE-HALF TO JOHN MARSHELL HALL, OF GLAOE BAY, CANADA.

Ham-Tome.

Specification of Letters Patent; Application filed December 10, 1907.Serial No. 405,880.

Patented Aug. 18, 1908.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SIDNEY Ross MAOKAY, a subject of the King ofEngland, residing at Glace Bay, Cape Breton, in the Province of NovaScotia and Dominion of Canada, have invented a new anduseful Hair-Tonic,of which the following is a specification.

' This invention relates to a hair tonic.

The object of the invention is to provide a tonic of the above characterthat will thoroughly cleanse the skin of the head, overcome cankerousdiseases which cause the hair to fall out,"remove and prevent scur anddandruff, and'produce a new growth of air.

With the above and other objects in view, as will appear as the natureof the invention s better understood, the same consists in the novelhair tonic hereinafter described and claimed.

The tonic consists of the following ingredients by weight and measure:rosemary, (Rosmammus oflicinalis) 1 ounce; southern wood (Artemisia,abro'tcnum), 1 ounce; water, 3 gills; olive oil, 6 ounces; rose water, 3ounces; spirits of ammonia, 2 ounces; tincture of cantharides, 1 ounce;attar, of roses,

' 10 drops.

In compounding the tonic the following is observed: The leaves, tendertops and flowers of the rosemary and the leaves and stems of thesouthern wood are placed in the water and the whole is allowed to boilfor ten minutes after which the decoction is strained and the other iedients added.

The pecu iar properties of the southern.

wood in the tonic are that it acts as an anti- 'dipp septic and adiscutient. It dissolves the dandruif and assists the cantharides incleansing the skin of the head.

. For the treatment of baldness, a towel is ed into hot water, is wrungout, and applied to the bald part of the head as hot as can be borne forone or two minutes. The restorer or tonic is then applied and rubbed inwell with the hands, and the head is then brushed freely. should beshaved once aweekuntil the hair gets strong. The treatment should befollowed once a day and the tonic thoroughly shaken before being used.

For treatment to prevent hair falling out, the head should be coveredwith a hot towel for two minutes or more, and then rubbed with thetonic, care being taken that the restorer reaches all parts of the scalpaffected.

Havin thus described the invention what is claime is The hereindescribed hair tonic consistin of a mixture of olive oil, rose-water,spirits o ammonia, tincture of cantharides, attar of roses, and anaqueous decoction of a mixture of the leaves, tender tops and flowers ofrosemary, and the leaves and stems of southern wood, substantially inthe propprtions stated.

In testimony'that I claim t e foregoing as my own, I have hereto aflixedmy signature in the presence of two witnesses.

SIDNEY ROSS MACKAY.

Witnesses:

ELEANOR BLANCHE MAOKAY, JOSEPHREAD MAODEEN.

The bald part of the head' SID NEY ROSS MAOKAY, OF GLAOE BAY, CAPEBRETON, NOVA SOOTIA, CANADA, ASSIGNOR

